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247826. Peotea sp. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. 21149. Closed savanna, 30 km. north of Aba. Tree to 3 meters high. 



247827. Psophocarpus palustris Desv. Fabaceae. 

 Col. No. 21098. Bambesa Station, INEAC. 



247828. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



Col. No. 21100. 'Nsua'. Twenty km. north of Niangara. Plant 15 to 30 cm. 

 high ; fruits red to 3 cm. in diameter. 



247829. Solanum campylacanthtjm Hochst. 



Col. No. 21254. Five km. south of Beni. Flowers blue ; fruits yellow, 2 cm. in 

 diameter, mucilaginous. 



247830. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Pear. 



From Great Britain. Scions presented by the John Innes Horticultural Institute, 

 Bayf ordbury, Hertford, Hertz, England. Received May 8, 1958. 

 'Merton Pride' (4016). ('Glau Morceau' X 'Williams 4'). 



247831 to 247866. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds collected by Louis Williams and Norris Gilbert, 

 agricultural explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Divi- 

 sion, Beltsville, Md. Received May 7, 1958. 

 Collected February and March 1958. 



247831. Altsicaeptjs rugosus (Willd.) DC. Fabaceae. 

 Col. No. 21270. Twenty kms. east of Beni. 



247832. Glycine javanica L. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21203. 'Mia'. African market at Nioka. 

 247833 and 247834. Desmodium veltjtinum (Willd.) DC. Fabaceae. 



247833. Col. No. 21102. Dry savanna 25 kms. north of Dungu, Plant to 30 

 cm. high. 



247834. Col. No. 21107. Savanna 65 kms. east of Niangara. Plant to 30 cm. 

 high. 



247835. Desmoditjm ramosissimtjm G. Don. 



Col. No. 21096. Savanna about 15 km. north of Dungu. Perennial to 25 cm. 

 high. 



247836. Desmoditjm sp. 



Col. No. 21109. Edge of savanna, 100 km. west of Niangara. Plant to 30 cm. 

 high. 



247837. Desmoditjm sp. 



Col. No. 21132. Savanna area, 25 km. west of Faradje. Plant to 2 meters 

 high. 



247838. Desmoditjm veltjtintjm (Willd.) DC. 



Col. No. 21271. Gravel pit 20 km. east of Beni. Shrub to one meter high ; 

 seed pods abundant. 



247839. Desmoditjm salicifolitjm (Poir.) DC. 



Col. No. 21274. Ten km. south of Beni. Elevation 1,200 meters. Plant to 

 one meter high. 



247840. Digitariaunigltjmis (A. Rich.) Stapf. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 21240. Near Kayna, Nord du Kivu. Bunch grass, but with spike to 

 three meters high. 



247841. Eletjsine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. Ragi. 

 Col. No. 21145. Planting area in savanna, 30 km. north of Aba. 



